Rail-chair



(No Model.) G. EMARK.

RAIL CHAIR.

No. 481,575. Patented Aug. 30, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLIE E. MARK, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

RAIL-CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No; 481,575, dated August30, 1892.

Application filed August 31,1391.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLIE E. MARK, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Cleveland, Ouyahoga county, State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Chairs, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to railway-rail chairs; and it consists in thenovel construction and combination, substantially as hereinafterdescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure l is a cross-section of a rail andmy new chair. Fig. 2 is a top or plan view of the chair.

A represents the body of the chair, which I make in the form of a squareor rectangular box having two of its sides extending downward, with feetor flanges turned outward, thus forming a raised support for the box,the said feet having perforations by which it is spiked to the ties. Thefeet are strengthened by braces or brace-lugs a a, and the bottom of thebox and the legs are also strengthened by like brace-lugs a a On two ofthe top corners of the box and diagonally opposite each other areprovided lips I) b for bearing upon the flanges of the rail.

0 is a block of Wood or other like flexible material fitted to tightlyfill the box, its top surface being slightly above the top edges ofSerial No. 404.180. (N0 model.)

the box, and upon which the base of the rail sits.

These chairs are cast in malleable iron, and, together with the woodfilling, form a perfectly-firm seat for the rail and constitute aslightly-flexible bearing for the rail, rendering them easy and pleasantto ride over.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. A rail-chair embodyingin a single element a rectangular-chambered body having two oppositesides extended downward to form legs with flanges and exterior andinterior strengthening-lugs and at diagonally-opposite upper cornerslips b,joining the adjacent exterior lugs, substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. The combination, with the railchair in the form of a' rectangular boxand having feet, lugs, and diagonally-oppositely-arranged lips at theupper corners, of the wood filling in said box, with its upper surfaceraised slightly above the top edges of the box, and a rail supported onsaid filling and held by its flanges, substantially as shown anddescribed.

CHARLIE E. MARK. WVitnesses:

GEO. W. TIBBITTS, E. J AY PINNEY.

